University of Technology, Sydney

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The UTS tower on Broadway

The University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), is a university in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is part of the Australian Technology Network of universities.

Contents

1 History
2 Faculties and campuses
3 Current standing
4 Student life
5 Alumni
6 Sports Clubs
7 Trivia
8 External links

History

The institution that became UTS began as the Sydney Mechanics Institute in 1843. In 1878 this became the Sydney Technical College. UTS is part of the "Big Four" Universities of Sydney, and is the CBD's only University.

In 1969, part of the Sydney Technical College became the New South Wales Institute of Technology (NSWIT). It was officially unveiled by Neville Wran.

It was reconstituted as the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), in 1988 under an [Act] of NSW State Parliament.

In 1990 it absorbed the Kuring-gai College of Advanced Education and the Institute of Technical and Adult Teacher Education of the Sydney College of Advanced Education, under the terms of the [Higher Education (Amalgamation) Act 1989].

Faculties and campuses

The University has faculties of:

Business
Design, Architecture and Building
Education
Engineering
Humanities and Social Sciences
Information Technology
International Studies
Law
Nursing, Midwifery and Health
Science

UTS has campuses at Broadway and Haymarket in the City, the Kuring-gai Campus at Lindfield and until 2005 a campus at St. Leonards.

Current standing

In keeping with its former nature as a Technical Institute and its current name, UTS designs its courses to contain a high level of practical technical knowledge as opposed to pure theory, and maintains close links with industries in order to do this. Its faculty structure also reflects this emphasis on technical knowledge; for example, its Law faculty contains a Practical Legal Training course, its Humanities degrees are heavily geared towards journalism and media productions and its IT and Engineering degrees offer one year of industrial training.

The UTS faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences is widely known for its practical media/ communications degrees, along with its thorough focus on critical theory. UTS is also host to the Australian Centre for Independent Journalism (ACIJ). Graduates from this faculty serve as a feeder to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation conveniently located just across the road, and the Fairfax Group of newspapers. Both the Markets and Broadway campuses are located only minutes walk from Central station.

In 2005, the Times Higher Education Supplement placed UTS in the top 100 universities of the world, at rank 87. Given that there are over 20,000 universities in the world, this represents the top 0.5% of universities. This is an incredible achievement for a University which is only 17 years old, while the Humanities faculty ranked in the top 30 of its field.

The current Chancellor of UTS is Professor Vicki Sara. The position used to be filled by Gerard Brennan, a former Chief Justice of the High Court.

The current Vice Chancellor of UTS is Professor Ross Milbourne.

Student life

Students at UTS are represented by the UTS Students' Association.

The [UTS Union Limited] is the organisation which runs a range of on-campus student services, including food & beverage outlets, cultural activities, student social events, and is responsible for overseeing UTS clubs & societies, sports clubs and other recreational activities. The UTS gym has recently been renovated. The City Campus is home to three licenced bars, 'The Glasshouse", "The Loft" and "Markets".

Alumni

Michael Cook, CEO of Macquarie Capital Alliance Group - part of Macquarie Bank; NSWIT - Bachelor of business studies (accounting)
Anna Funder, author of Stasiland; Faculty of Humanities - Master's degree in creative writing
Morris Iemma, politician and premier of NSW; Faculty of Law - Master's degree in law
Hugh Jackman, actor; Faculty of Humanities - Bachelor's degree in communications (journalism)
Hon. Justice Tricia Kavanagh, NSW Industrial Relations Commissioner; Faculty of Law - Bachelor's degree in law (1981), Doctor of Philosophy in law (1998)
David Murray, former CEO of the Commonwealth Bank; Faculty of Business - Bachelor's degree in business (accounting)
Tim Palmer, award-winning ABC journalist; Faculty of Humanities - Bachelor's degree in communications 1991
Tanya Plibersek, politician; Faculty of Humanities - Bachelor's degree
Julia Wilson, rower; Faculty of Business - Bachelor's degree

UTS Haymarket Campus

Sports Clubs

UTS has produced its fair share of Olympians. UTS has a famous rowing club located at Haberfield. The UTS Rowing Club has produced Olympic gold medallists (the Oarsome Foursome), and rowers who were involved in the Sally Robbins controversy such as Julia Wilson.

The UTS-Balmain cricket club competes in the Sydney Grade competition

Trivia

The UTS emblem was designed by Harry Williamson, the same person who designed the $100 note. The emblem represents the three major symbols: the anchor from the coat of arms of Sydney, a double helix representing a DNA molecule and a wave motif at the base representing Sydney's maritime history.

Several faculties and schools from UNSW once squatted on the Broadway site from 1949 until their campus at Kensington was completed in 1963.

The faculties of Business and Law were once located in the old Anthony Horderns building on George St where you will now find the World Square.

Building 10 was once home to the Sydney Morning Herald and later SOCOG.

There was originally a plan for seven tower buildings to stretch along Broadway, New South Wales.

It is hard to find female toilets in the tower because it was once the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering and there were almost no female students.

In 2000 Nelson Mandela, former President of South Africa, received an honorary Doctrate of Law from UTS.

External links

Universities in Australia

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